Chapter 10 Good luck in your business.
It took Mei Cheng'an two full hours to help Mei, Lan, Zhu and Ju learn the basic skills one by one.
During the explanation and guidance, Mei Cheng'an unknowingly gained a better understanding of the mantras of his own exercises and felt that he had gained a lot.
He finally understood why some people like to be teachers. Helping others and yourself can bring a sense of accomplishment. Who wouldn't like that?
Back in his room, Mei Cheng'an meditated as usual and practiced his skills silently. Soon he noticed something was wrong.
The true Qi that had not made any progress for more than a month actually expanded a little bit today. After feeling it carefully, I found that this extra bit of true Qi was not an illusion.
Mei Cheng'an was immediately very excited, and Tian Lian could see that his true energy had finally loosened up. This was obviously not due to the technique, but some unknown factors.
Why?
Mei Cheng'an began to frantically recall the original novel, but there was no way, because only the original novel mentioned some specific descriptions of Fan Xian's cultivation of true qi, and the drama only mentioned it in passing.
Therefore, the only reference Mei Cheng'an could make was Fan Xian's cultivation situation in the original novel.
In the original novel, Fan Xian had difficulty controlling his domineering true qi because of his practice. The domineering true qi filled his meridians, often causing severe pain in his meridians and causing him to spit blood from his mouth. His true qi also had no effect.
It was quite consistent with his own situation, except that the true Qi in his body was much gentler and easier to control.
What was Fei Jie’s evaluation at that time?
He is too young, and his body cannot withstand such overbearing true energy. If he practices it forcibly, his meridians will be broken.
That being said...
Mei Cheng'an looked down at his own hands.
Could it be that my small body restricted the growth of my Qi? It stopped growing for a month, and after a year, my body grew a little, so my Qi increased a little accordingly?
The reason is so simple and outrageous?
Mei Cheng'an smiled helplessly. It seemed that he was too impatient.
In this case, if you want to go further, you can only leave it to time.
But it's better this way, things will be better if you take it slow, there is still a long time to come, why rush at this moment, he doesn't have some kind of shuttle that can fly away after the plot is over, but he has to live here for the rest of his life, and life is so long, just take it slow.
After letting go of his worries, Mei Cheng'an felt his mind become clearer and he unknowingly entered a state of deep meditation.
At the same time, the true Qi in his body began to run rapidly and spontaneously. As the method ran, the true Qi became thicker and stronger, stretching the meridians throughout the body taut. Finally, at a certain moment, some meridians could not bear it and broke. While the true Qi whizzed through, it was constantly repairing the meridians. The repaired meridians became thicker and stronger.
The overflowing true energy seeps into the flesh and blood, seeps through the surface of the skin, seeps out of the body and dissipates into the air. The surface of the body also begins to bleed and then forms blood scabs.
In this way, the meridians are constantly breaking, repairing, breaking again, and repairing again, over and over again.
And Mei Chengan was completely unaware of all this.
So when Mei Cheng'an opened his eyes the next day, he found that he had inexplicably turned into a blood gourd, with a thick layer of blood scabs covering his body.
What charter is this?
Mei Cheng'an checked his body and found that the skin under the blood scab was crystal clear. Except for being a little whiter, there was nothing unusual. If there was nothing wrong on the outside, then there must be a problem inside. Could it be that there was something wrong with his martial arts?
He quickly sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and was about to practice his internal energy, but he found something was wrong. He could actually "see" the inside of his own body. He could actually look inside his body!
Before he could be surprised, he discovered through introspection that his meridians had become three times thicker and the Qi content had also undergone a qualitative change, becoming more and thicker, and the density of a single Qi strand was higher.
If the amount of true Qi in my body before yesterday was 100, the amount of true Qi in my body today is at least .
What on earth happened last night?
You just said last night that I would leave it to time, and now you slapped me in the face this morning, right?
But no matter what happened, it was not a bad thing. It’s just that the blood scabs all over the body look a bit scary.
Call Xiaomei and ask her to prepare the bath water.
While taking a bath, Xiaomei's expression was extremely resentful.
"Master, what's wrong with you again?"
"I don't know, it turned out like this after sleeping!"
"Why me again? Didn't we agree last time that if something like this happens again, you'll ask Xiaolan to help you wash it?"
"Did I say that? I don't remember. Sister Mei, you are drifting. Are you so unwilling to give me a bath? It doesn't stink this time."
"How can it not stink? It stinks, and the blood scabs on my body are hard to rub! Can I ask Xiaolan to come with me?"
"No, I'm watching you, you wash it clean! Besides, they all have jobs, but you don't. If you don't rub it for me, who will?"
Xiaomei gritted her teeth.
"That's because you didn't give me anything to do, Master."
"Isn't it arranged for you to give me a bath?"
"....."
The bath lasted for an hour, and Mei Chengan felt refreshed after taking the bath.
"Huh?" Xiaomei exclaimed.
Mei Chengan turned around: "What's wrong?"
"Master, have you noticed that you have grown taller?"
"Have it?"
"Yeah, not only has it grown taller, but it's also become much whiter and glowing." "Isn't that too exaggerated?"
"It's true. If you don't believe me, come to the door and measure your height. The last time I measured your height, it's right here!"
Mei Cheng'an walked over to that station doubtfully.
Xiaomei compared with her fingers.
"Master, look, it's a full inch taller than the last time I measured it."
Mei Cheng'an turned around and saw that it was indeed the case. The last time he measured it was when he just came back.
Growing three centimeters taller overnight does sound a bit exaggerated, but if it is changed to growing three centimeters taller in a month, it seems nothing special, after all, he is in the period of growing.
As for his skin suddenly becoming crystal clear and glowing white, it wasn't a big deal. He was only nine years old and his skin was good to begin with, so it wasn't that noticeable if it became even better.
For example, when he saw Sulishi during the morning class, Sulishi didn't notice it.
After morning class.
"Cheng'an, last night's burping wine was really good. In the past, if I drank alcohol the day before, I would always have a headache for half a day the next day, but your burping wine does not have this shortcoming."
Mei Chengan smiled sweetly and said, "If the teacher likes it, I will send a bucket to the teacher!"
Su Lishi waved his hands, "No, no, as a teacher, how can I take advantage of my students? Your burping wine is really mysterious. It is just as its name suggests. It tastes clear and cold, and it makes people have endless aftertaste. It must be extremely precious. It is my honor to be able to taste it once. I can't ask for more!"
"You are my teacher. No one can say anything when a student shows his respect to his teacher. So, if you feel that you are taking advantage of me, you can help me promote this burping wine and spicy rabbit head. I have set up several stores to sell these two kinds of food!"
"Oh, this is a piece of cake. Although I have never achieved fame, I am still somewhat famous in Kyoto, and I have many classmates and old friends. This wine is so unique, I believe it will soon become famous in Kyoto."
"Thank you for your kind words, Master. I'll leave the matter of making you famous to you. I'll have someone send the wine to your residence."
"So good!"
While Mei Cheng'an was attending his morning classes, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum were each busy with their own tasks.
By lunch time, everything had been arranged, the wine had been delivered to Sulis, and everything was ready, just waiting for the opening tomorrow.
During lunch, Mei Zhili asked a few questions specifically. He must have heard about it from the class leader. Seeing that Mei Cheng'an answered the questions fluently, he didn't say anything more. Finally, he asked Mei Cheng'an for a barrel of wine.
In the afternoon, Mei Cheng'an did not read, but was instructing four maids in sword practice.
In the evening, he continued to guide everyone in practicing the exercises.
The night passed quietly.
Mei Cheng'an opened his eyes at dawn that day. His shop was going to open today. This was an attempt for him after coming to this world, an attempt to leave his own mark.
After washing and dressing, he walked out and found that the weather was really good today, with bright sunshine and clear sky without a single cloud in sight.
There was no wind and the temperature was neither too cold nor too hot, just right.
It seemed like Heaven was congratulating him on his successful opening.
Mei Cheng'an did not ask for leave and continued to attend classes honestly. He had made all the preparations for the opening of the business. If there were any accidents, it would be God's will.
After finishing his morning lessons diligently and bidding farewell to his teacher, he returned to his own courtyard. Seeing the unconcealable joy on the faces of several maids, he knew that everything went well today.
Several people saluted solemnly.
"Congratulations, young master. From now on, Kyoto has four more unique talents!"
“The best is the braised food.”
"The best is the spicy rabbit head."
"One must is burp wine."
"Another specialty is the roasted rabbit."
Mei Chengan also had a smile on his face.
"Stand up, sisters, and speak yourselves."
"I'll go first, I'll go first." Xiaomei spoke first. "I'm guarding the North City Store No. 4. When the event started, there were quite a few people watching, but no one dared to challenge. But after the people we arranged set an example, more people started to challenge, and later they were almost scrambling to challenge. Before I came back, more than half of the burp wine in the store had been sold out, and the limited-edition spicy rabbit head was sold out in less than two hours. The rest of the braised food, chicken feet, duck necks, and duck intestines were also sold out. There were still some duck tongues, and the most left were pig's trotters. The barbecue was not sold out because we prepared the ingredients while grilling, but there were a lot of people ordering, so almost all of it was sold out before closing today."
Xiaoju took over the conversation, "The situation at the West City Store No. 3 is a little worse. The drinks are not being consumed very quickly. Almost one-third of the dishes were sold out before I came back. The spicy rabbit head is the most expensive, so there is still some left, but the rest of the marinated dishes have been consumed. There are also some pig's trotters left, but they should be sold out soon. The barbecue dishes are the most popular because they are cheap."
Xiao Zhu: "The situation at the second store in the south city is similar to that in the north city. The shopkeeper said that they might have to close early this afternoon."
Xiaolan: "The East City No. 1 store was closed when I came back. The burping wine, spicy rabbit head, and various stewed foods were all sold out. As for the barbecue, there were very few dine-in customers, but many take-aways. It will be no problem to sell out today."
Mei Chengan nodded. This was consistent with the characteristics of the city. There were many dignitaries in the east of the city, many rich people in the south and north of the city, and most common people in the west of the city. The sales of each store were in line with expectations.
I wanted to give them direct guidance to make the corresponding adjustments, but then I thought about it and realized that I had never run a business before. The shopkeepers of Qing Yu Tang were experienced and highly professional. Why should I, an outsider, give guidance to the insiders? It would be not only tiring but also stupid.
After figuring it out, Mei Chengan said, "Inform the shopkeepers of the supply of drinks and food materials this afternoon, and ask them to make corresponding adjustments based on the actual conditions of each store. Oh, and don't forget to find a smart servant to assist each shopkeeper. Learn from him well, as it will be useful when we open stores in other places in the future."
"Yes!" the women answered in unison.
(End of this chapter)
